St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-11
SECH ETARY GUM.
why the Northwestern Leag ue's
Only raid officer is NOT a Nuccess.


So eminently respectable paper as the
Sporting Life takes up the cudgel in favor
of Secretary Quin, of the Northwestern
league. 1t is very plain that the Sporting
Life, good authority as it is on most men
and events in the sporting world, doesn't
know what it is talking about. The GLOBE
a few weeks since charged Secretary Quin
with being incompetent. anu produced con-
elusive proof of its statements. No at
tempt has been made by Mr.. Quin or any,
body else. so far as this paper is aware. to
refute or excuse these charges. and it they
ere true the conclusions will be readily adj
mitted by everybody to be equally true.
The Sporting Life has mistaken sentiment
for evidence: that is all. That the Phila-
delphia paper may have an opportunity to
speak to the main question instead of talk
ing vaguely about right and justice, the
GLOBE will briefly repeat its charges: Sec
rotary Quin was several times asked dur
ing the season of 1886 by the sporting
editor of this paper to furnish the official
standing of the clubs of the league These
official reports were made, but they were at
variance with the facts in every instance, as
shown by the records kept by the sporting
editors of the st. Paul, Minneapolis, Du-
luth, Eau Claire and Oshkosh papers. At
the end of the season the secretary made
no report of the standing of the individual
members of the various teams, but several
months afterwards report was printed in
Oshkosh, which was alleged to have been
made by Secretary Quin. 1t
LACKED TwENTY-sIX GAMES
of being complete, and the explanation was
made that two clubs had failed to turn i'm
all their official scores 1t nowhere appears.
however, that the secretary made any effort
to get these games, although they were all
fully printed in at least three daily papers
and preserved in the official score books of
the Eau Claire and Minneapolis clubs. Late
in the season Umpires 1indill and Cav
anaugh appeared on the ST. Paul grounds
with written orders from Secretary Quin to
Officiate as umpire. A clash occurred which
threatened to cause the forfeiture of a game
and free fight. Several games were pro-
tested during the season. and the
secretary exercised his authority in manner
to create general dissatisfaction. A game
was ordered played over at Eau Claire
which, according to the testimony of the
umpire and all the st. Paul players. was
won by st. Paul. A game was awarded
to Minneapolis which was stopped by the
police in the sixth inning, but the Clipper,
although it declined to commit itself.
limited that the contest should be declared
no game. These are few of the points on
which Mr. Quin has shown-wbat?- not
that he is dishonest or not gentleman.
but simply what this paper has charged
incompetency through ignor ance. indiffer-
ence or Incidence. He is judged entirely
upon his work This paper has no axe to
grind. 1t doesn't care whether the secre-
tary is located in one city or another, but
1t isn't proud of any official who is not in.
dnstrious. accurate. thoroughly posted and
sufficiently obliging to give to the public
such information as it has a right to de-
mand. This is Mr.. Quin's record for
1856. BE is still secretary, and the GLOBE